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Jenna Ushkowitz
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Korean-American actress and singer
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Jenna Ushkowitz, born 28 April 1986 in Seoul, is a singer and actor holding citizenship of the United States and South Korea, working in stage and television acting. Her career began in 2001, and she performs using her voice as an instrument. Ushkowitz received the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. She speaks English, and Last.fm tags her work with glee, south korean and United States.
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Film & TV
Seoul, South Korea
Jenna Noelle Ushkowitz Stanley (born April 28, 1986) is a South Korean-born American actress, singer, producer and podcast host. She is known for her performances in Broadway musicals such as The King and I and Waitress; and in the role of Tina Cohen-Chang on the Fox comedy-drama series Glee.
Known for
- Unconventional — Rachelle2025
- Celebrity Weakest Link — Self - Contestant2025
- After Midnight — Self2024
- Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience — Secret Service Mole #1 (voice)2022
- Unconventional2022
- Rosé All Day — Kelly Motley2022
- 1 Night in San Diego — Hannah2020
- The Right Girl2020
- The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream — Janet Weiss2020
- Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race — Milli Von Sunshine - Contestant2020
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- South Korea
- Active from
- 1986
Member of
- Glee Cast2009–2015
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5,891
- Total plays
- 41,180
Tags
Jenna Noelle Ushkowitz (born April 28, 1986) is an American stage and television actress and singer, who is perhaps best known for her performances in Broadway musicals and for her role as Tina Cohen-Chang on Glee. Ushkowitz was born in Seoul, South Korea; she was adopted at the age of three months and raised in East Meadow, New York. Ushkowitz was raised Catholic and attended Parkway Elementary School and Holy Trinity Diocesan High School, a Catholic school in Hicksville, Long Island known for
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1986-04-28 ) April 28, 1986 (age 40) , Seoul , South Korea
- Education
- Marymount Manhattan College ( BA )
- Occupations
- Actress singer dancer producer podcaster
- Years active
- 1989–present
- Spouse
- David Stanley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2021 )
- Hangul
- 민지
- Rr
- Minji
- Mr
- Minji
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jenna
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Place of birth
- Seoul
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Jenna Ushkowitz Skidmore 2011 crop.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jenna Ushkowitz
- date of birth
- 1986-04-28
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
- social media followers
- 795694
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Jenna Noelle Ushkowitz (/ˈʌʃkəwɪts/; born April 28, 1986), is an American actress, singer, producer and podcast host. She is known for her performances in Broadway musicals such as The King and I and Waitress and in the role of Tina Cohen-Chang on the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee, for which she received a Grammy Award nomination. She is a two-time Tony Award winner for her work as a producer of the Broadway musical Once on This Island and the Broadway play The Inheritance.
Early life
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